The complete mitochondrial genome of sleek unicornfish, Naso hexacanthus (Acanthuridae, Perciformes)

Hae-Young Choi; Sung Kim; Hee-Chan Choi; Seok-Hyun Youn

doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2160666

The complete mitochondrial genome of sleek unicornfish, Naso hexacanthus (Acanthuridae, Perciformes)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Feb 20;8(2):274-275. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2160666. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Hae-Young Choi¹, Sung Kim², Hee-Chan Choi³, Seok-Hyun Youn³

Affiliations

¹ Fisheries Resources and Environment Division, South Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Yeosu, Korea.
² Marine Ecosystem Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Busan, Korea.
³ Fisheries Resources and Environment Division, East Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Gangwon, Korea.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of sleek unicornfish, Naso hexacanthus was first determined in this study. The complete mitogenome is 16,611 bp in length composed of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs, and a control region. The nucleotides consist of 33.8% A, 20.6% C, 25.0% G, 20.6% T. The gene order and direction are identical to those of N. lopezi and the species of Acanthuridae. The result would be useful to investigate genetic relationships among the species of Naso.

Keywords: Acanthuridae; Naso hexacanthus; complete mitogenome.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by the project of National Institute of Fisheries Science [R2023010].